Nuance Releases New PowerScribe Version
Nuance this week rolled out version 5.0 of its Dictaphone PowerScribe for Radiology speech-enabled reporting solution.
The new product enhancements and integration capabilities are geared to support and improve the radiology workflow process, with a concentrated focus on highly accurate, comprehensive, and readily available clinical documentation.
New features of PowerScribe 5.0, which Nuance says were driven largely by customer feedback and industry demand as a result of regulatory and operational pressures, include:
• Enhanced voice recognition through upgrades to the latest version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical and a new radiology-specific language model.
• Workflow engine enhancements through support for multivendor radiology information system (RIS) environments to streamline workflow for sites that have disparate systems and inconsistent operational processes.
• System technology upgrades for enhanced database storage, easier deployments and maintenance, and support for the latest technologies, including LDAP, SSL, Windows XP x64, Windows Vista, MS SQL 2005, RealSpeak 4.5.
• A new graphical user interface that provides improved usability and interoperability, as well as access to additional information for the end user.
• Seamless integration for Critical Test Result Management (CTRM) through enhanced integration to Veriphy for automated communication and reporting of high-priority patient findings.
• Seamless integration for order decision support and business intelligence – Provides integration to RadPort and RadCube, enabling end-to-end workflow optimization.
The University of Southern California’s Department of Radiology has been a PowerScribe for Radiology customer since November 2004 and was a participant in the beta program for PowerScribe 5.0. "The improved speech recognition accuracy of PowerScribe 5.0 has been apparent to me and others within our radiology department," said Dr. Edward Grant, MD, chair of radiology. "We’ve found PowerScribe 5.0 easy to adapt to with minimal training, and will leverage the high-accuracy voice recognition rates we are achieving to speed the time it takes to create and edit reports, as well as accelerate our reduction of conventional transcription and editing processes."